Medical Condition News

RSS

NIH awards $3.5M grant to study link between traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer's

A traumatic brain injury, or TBI, is caused by a contusion to the head that may result in injury to the brain.

8 Aug 2024

Insilico Medicine's pan-TEAD inhibitor ISM6331 receives FDA IND clearance for mesothelioma treatment

Insilico Medicine ("Insilico"), a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven biotechnology company, today announced ISM6331, potential best-in-class pan-TEAD inhibitor, has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Investigational New Drug (IND) clearance for the treatment of mesothelioma, following the grant of Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) in June 2024. It brings the total number of IND-approved molecules of Insilico to nine.

8 Aug 2024

Drug shows new promise in treating breast cancer with brain metastases or recurrent glioblastoma

A drug effective in treating breast cancer shows new promise in addressing breast cancer with brain metastases or recurrent glioblastoma, as reported by results of a prospective window-of-opportunity trial at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio).

8 Aug 2024

American College of Cardiology releases updated guidance on managing patients hospitalized for heart failure

The American College of Cardiology has issued updated guidance on managing patients hospitalized for heart failure (HF) to provide a decision-making pathway that tailors therapy to clinical trajectory to better manage disease.

8 Aug 2024

School reopenings during COVID-19 linked to spike in youth mental health emergencies, study finds

Study found that school reopenings after COVID-19 closures in Italy led to a significant rise in youth psychiatric emergencies, particularly among females, highlighting the mental health impact of returning to academic and social pressures.

8 Aug 2024

Bran-enriched corn flour lowers LDL cholesterol in adults with elevated levels, study finds

Study found that bran-enriched corn flour significantly reduces LDL cholesterol levels in adults with elevated cholesterol, while having minimal impact on gut microbiota composition.

8 Aug 2024

$Poor physical function, not bone density, drives higher fracture risk in older women with type 2 diabetes$

Poor physical function, not bone density, drives higher fracture risk in older women with type 2 diabetes

Study indicates that older women with type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of fractures primarily due to impaired physical function rather than reduced bone density, despite stronger bone structure.

8 Aug 2024

Low-acid diets with fruits and vegetables significantly improve kidney and heart health in hypertension patients

Study found that low-acid diets, particularly those rich in fruits and vegetables, offer significant kidney and cardiovascular protection in patients with primary hypertension, outperforming traditional medical care.

8 Aug 2024

C-Path supports innovative ALS, neurodegenerative disease research with new grant

Critical Path Institute's (C-Path) Translational Therapeutics Accelerator (TRxA) announced today a new research grant awarded to Daniela C. Zarnescu, Ph.D., Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology at Penn State University College of Medicine, in collaboration with Jon Njardarson, Ph.D., Professor at the University of Arizona.

8 Aug 2024

Prenatal famine exposure tied to higher risk of Type 2 diabetes

Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine used the setting of the man-made Ukrainian Holodomor famine of 1932-1933 to examine the relation between prenatal famine and adult Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

8 Aug 2024

Cannabis dependence associated with increased occurrence of head and neck cancer

A study from the USC Head and Neck Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC and the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, suggests that cannabis, the most commonly used illicit substance worldwide, is associated with an increased occurrence of head and neck cancer.

8 Aug 2024

Gene activity can predict severe side effects from melanoma treatment

An activity pattern in certain genes responsible for building proteins known as spleen tyrosine kinases can predict which melanoma patients are likely to have severe side effects from immunotherapy designed to treat the most deadly skin cancer, a new study shows.

8 Aug 2024

New insights into the role of cancer-associated fibroblasts in promoting lymphatic metastasis

Lymph node metastasis is a crucial factor in cancer progression, significantly affecting patient prognosis and treatment outcomes.

8 Aug 2024

Individualized neoantigen cancer therapy demonstrates safety and efficacy in early trials

For decades, researchers have worked to develop therapies that can prime the immune system to recognize and attack proteins on the surface of tumor cells.

8 Aug 2024

Alcohol use disorders in parents linked to accelerated aging in children

Researchers at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) have discovered that parents who struggle with alcohol use disorders can pass along symptoms of early aging to their children, affecting them well into adulthood.

8 Aug 2024

Zebrafish model reveals how BCG vaccine triggers immune response in bladder cancer

Using zebrafish "Avatars", an animal model developed by the Cancer Development and Innate Immune Evasion lab at the Champalimaud Foundation (CF), led by Rita Fior, Mayra Martínez-López – a former PhD student at the lab now working at the Universidad de las Américas in Quito, Ecuador – and colleagues studied the initial steps of the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine's action on bladder cancer cells.

8 Aug 2024

Consuming foods with erythritol increases risk of cardiovascular events, study shows

New Cleveland Clinic research shows that consuming foods with erythritol, a popular artificial sweetener, increases risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke.

8 Aug 2024

Short bursts of high-intensity training found effective for stroke survivors

One-minute, short bursts of high-intensity interval training for 19 minutes may be more effective for improving fitness among people six months or more after a stroke than traditional, 20-30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise sessions, according to research published today in Stroke, the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.

8 Aug 2024

New technique reveals abnormalities in motor neurone disease

Pathological abnormalities associated with motor neurone disease have been identified using a new technique developed at the University of Birmingham.

8 Aug 2024

New $11.3 million grant to explore endothelial cell dysfunction in cardiovascular disease

With a new $11.3 million Program Project grant from the National Institutes of Health, experts from the Vascular Biology Center at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University are working to better understand the underlying mechanisms of cardiovascular disease.

8 Aug 2024

Medical Condition News

NIH awards $3.5M grant to study link between traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer's

Insilico Medicine's pan-TEAD inhibitor ISM6331 receives FDA IND clearance for mesothelioma treatment

Drug shows new promise in treating breast cancer with brain metastases or recurrent glioblastoma

American College of Cardiology releases updated guidance on managing patients hospitalized for heart failure

School reopenings during COVID-19 linked to spike in youth mental health emergencies, study finds

Bran-enriched corn flour lowers LDL cholesterol in adults with elevated levels, study finds

Poor physical function, not bone density, drives higher fracture risk in older women with type 2 diabetes

Low-acid diets with fruits and vegetables significantly improve kidney and heart health in hypertension patients

C-Path supports innovative ALS, neurodegenerative disease research with new grant

Prenatal famine exposure tied to higher risk of Type 2 diabetes

Cannabis dependence associated with increased occurrence of head and neck cancer

Gene activity can predict severe side effects from melanoma treatment

New insights into the role of cancer-associated fibroblasts in promoting lymphatic metastasis

Individualized neoantigen cancer therapy demonstrates safety and efficacy in early trials

Alcohol use disorders in parents linked to accelerated aging in children

Zebrafish model reveals how BCG vaccine triggers immune response in bladder cancer

Consuming foods with erythritol increases risk of cardiovascular events, study shows

Short bursts of high-intensity training found effective for stroke survivors

New technique reveals abnormalities in motor neurone disease

New $11.3 million grant to explore endothelial cell dysfunction in cardiovascular disease

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

Latest News